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They don’t have to, algorithms do whatever they are designed to do. Long division is an algorithm.
Profit motives are the issue here.
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Yeah, the narrowing of the word “algorithm” to only mean “social media recommendation algorithms” is getting on my nerves.
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It’s the only time normies encounter the word.
How do you feel about crypto?
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At this point, “crypto” is its own word short for “cryptocurrency”, and not for “cryptography” in the broader sense. It’s unfortunate, but that’s how people use it.
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